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From: rwiltshi@csc.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 23:56:09 -0400
Subject: e/emmet_swimming/living_room.crd
"Living Room" (From the "Arlington to Boston" Album)
by: Emmet Swimming
Tabbed by: Eric Wiltshire and Tom Gallo
Verse:
EF#A
Gave up trying, you've been seen lying around
C#B
Hoping someone would, tell you where to go
EF#A
You swing your partner, God's your partner now
C#B
And you just dipped him on the floor
Bridge:
AC#
If you see me going by
AB
Then you've seen me going by
Chorus 1:
AB
I thought life meant you were living
C#B
I thought death meant you were dying
AB
Now I sit around and I stare
EAA
How dare call this a living room.........my living room
Verse:
EF#A
Gave up caring, you've been seen staring out
C#B
Did you expect the, paneling to glow
EF#A
You're looking for a savior, to take things over now
C#B
Seems you don't want to try
Bridge:
AC#
If you see me going by
AB
Then you've seen me going by
Chorus 2:
AB
I thought life meant you were living
C#B
I thought death meant you were dying
AB
Now I sit around and I stare
E
How dare call this a living room
AB
I thought time would always be there
C#B
I thought my life might go somewhere
AB
Now I sit around it's a big dispair
E
How dare call this a living room
Bridge:
A C# A B (chords for the solo before vocals)
(softer)
AC#
If you see me going by
AB (louder)
Then you've seen me going by
Repeat Chorus #2: (Then pick up ending)
Ending:
AB
I'm sending you a post card
C#B
Yeah I'm sending you a postcard
ABEAB
I stare in my living room
The only suggestion I have is to play along and listen to the song in order
to get the strumming patterns and to pick up certain dynamics that are
important to the song. The song is easy to learn after listening to it for
A while.
Have fun and enjoy!
Suggestions email: wiltshet@jmu.edu
"I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific."
--Lily Tomlin
(Thanks for your help on this one Tom)